Destruction in disguise: International tourism projects in the Mekong River Basin are a model of unsustainable development

Alternatives Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 32-36

  Pleumarom, Anita ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

CAMBODIA; LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; THAILAND;

EID: 0036763199     PISSN: 12057398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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